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My brother passed away. My employees sent me a white and gold robe to hang near the casket. What is this called?
We have no idea what that might be, unless it is intended as a pall to go over a casket. Rightfully, that should be black for a funeral, but perhaps your employees are not Catholic, but members of the New Order, which is sometimes confused with Catholicism.
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